he s only in his role to protect the president. nancy girtner, and maya wiley, an msnbc legal analyst. there is no precedent for what is going on with matthew whitaker. none. how significant do you think it is that there has been no nominee and the president saying today he s in no rush? i think it s clear that the president is quite comfortable with his acting u.s. attorney, by the way you gave me a promotion, chris, but thanks. but i think he s quite happy with his acting senior law enforcement officer for the country who has made it clear that he will be loyal to the president who auditioned for the job on cnn, essentially making the kinds of statements that would catch trump s attention and make him an attractive candidate for the administration, making specific statements that the mueller investigation shouldn t look at
the family, shouldn t follow the money, fill in the blank. but why should he nominate anyone else? he s perfectly comfortable with the person he has and it s been the first time for him since jeff sessions recused himself that he feels he has the person who will protect him. obviously i m saying that as a subjective. but the objective evidence makes it very difficult to lead to any other conclusion. now, one thing is important to note, donald trump does have 210 days under the vacancy act. he does technically have there s a time limit. there is a time limit. but, you know, this is why would he make a change? it s not in his interest. there s also the fact that he said he would consult the ethics department at the doj about whether he should recuse, given everything he said. right. and today the new spokesperson, no comment. he s the acting attorney general of the united states, we should hear something about this, right? step back a little bit. sessions recused himsel
he s only in his role to protect the president. for some perspective nancy girtner, and maya wiley, an msnbc legal analyst. there is no precedent for what is going on with matthew whitaker. none. how significant do you think it is that there has been no nominee and the president saying today he s in no rush? i think it s clear that the president is quite comfortable with his acting u.s. attorney, by the way you gave me a promotion, chris, but thanks. but i think he s quite happy with his acting senior law enforcement officer for the country who has made it clear that he will be loyal to the president who auditioned for the job on cnn, essentially making the kinds of statements that would catch trump s attention and make him an attractive candidate for the administration, making specific statements that the mueller investigation shouldn t look at